According to the specs in your signature you are overclocking your CPU and a part of your RAM. Does that mean that you are overclocking without knowing how to test your hardware for stability or overheating?
I would assume that your machine is throttling due to overheating, check your cooling system and try if it runs better if your machine runs within its specifications.

justinp526

06-01-2011 10:08 PM

NO, the system listed in my signature is my other system (custom build).

Thanks Chris, I will give those a try. Not sure if it will be much help. I should have specified in the first place that hardware detection problem is right away when the computer is turned on. You know the black screen at the start that shows system info and says to press Del, F2 or whichever key to enter set up? Well it will sit at that screen for anywhere between 60-120 seconds trying to detect USB mouse. It wasn't doing that yesterday.

chrism01

06-01-2011 11:36 PM

Try the science approach for that; unplug & re-plug mouse; reboot. If NO, then replace with known(!) working mouse.
One thing we need to do is separate this into specific problems, rather than it's all slow. eg lets try to get it booting properly first.
For that check grub.conf, /var/log/dmesg.
Useful cmds:
lshw, lsusb, lspci, dmidecode, http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d-line-361738/